Instructions and Rubric

instructions and rubric
Strategies

1. You will need
2. Choose your favorite song in English ( for example)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2nRYykk6aY


Vídeo de YouTube

4. Find the lyrics of the song
EXAMPLE:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jackjohnson/goodpeople.html
"Good People"
Jack Johnson
You win
It's your show, now
So what's it gonna be
'Cause people
Will tune in
How many train wrecks do we need to see?
Before we lose touch of
We thought this was low
It's bad getting worse so
Chorus:
Where'd all the good people go?
I've been changing channels
I don't see them on the TV shows
Where'd all the good people go?
We got heaps and heaps of what we sow They got this and that and
With a rattle a tat
Testing one two,
Now what you gonna do?
Bad news, misused,
Got too much to lose
Gimme some truth
Now whose side are we on?
Whatever you say
Turn on the boob tube
I'm in the mood to obey
So lead me astray by the way, now
Sitting round feeling far away
So far away but I can feel the debris
Can you feel it?
You interrupt me from a friendly conversation
To tell me how great its all gonna be You might notice some hesitation
'Cause it's important to you, it's not important to me
Way down by the edge of your reasons
It's beginning to show
And all I really wanna know is...
They got this and that
With a rattle a tat
Testing one, two
Now what you gonna do?
Bad news, misused, give me some truth
You got too much to lose
Whose side are we on today, anyway?
OK, whatever you say.
Wrong and resolute but in the mood to obey
Station to station desensitizing the nation
Going, going, gone.

5. Look up difficult words in the dictionary
Example:
heap: a lot of something

6. Analyze the meaning of the lyrics through these questions:

* What's the theme of this song? Love, Frienship, Social Awareness etc???
* Does the video give additional information?
* Does the title of the song say something about it?

7. Write simple sentences explaining the meaning of the song.
Example:
This song is about how the television and the media is full of unimportant things.

8. Write a brief opinion of the song's lyrics based in your analysis.
Example:
Personally, I think this song meaning is very significant because television takes our attention away from the important things.

9. Find the pronunciation of the words you don't know.
Example:
AWAY?
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=away

10. Explain the meaning of the song and your opinion to the class
11. Publish a post in the class blog which includes the song video, lyrics and the meaning and opinion you wrote before in the blog
http://myfavoritesongmeaning.blogspot.com/
12. Read a classmate's entry and make a comment about his opinion.